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SUMMARY:Mike Wilson and José Antonio Lucero\, "What Side Are You On: A Toh
 ono O’odham Live Across Borders"
LOCATION:Tomás Rivera Conference Center (TRCC) (3rd Floor of the UTEP Stud
 ent Union)
DESCRIPTION:Native American Heritage Month Public Lecture\n\nNovember 10\,
  6:00 – 8:00 pm\, Tomás Rivera Conference Center (TRCC) (3rd Floor of the
  UTEP Student Union)\n\nMike Wilson and José Antonio Lucero\, What Side A
 re You On: A Tohono O’odham Live Across Borders\n\nThis collaborative boo
 k follows the remarkable life of Mike Wilson\, a citizen of the Tohono O’
 odham Nation\, which sits along the U.S. – Mexico Border. Wilson is a hum
 anitarian activist who has spent years helping migrants survive in the So
 noran Desert\, but he is also a veteran and a film documentarian. The boo
 k recounts his journey around the world\, the struggles he faced as a chi
 ld\, and eventually his service in the military in Central America. It of
 fers a sensitive portrayal of his human rights work over the past several
  decades in Southern Arizona. Dr. José Antonio (Tony) Lucero grew up in E
 l Paso\, and he is presently the Chair of the Department of Comparative H
 istory of Ideas at the University of Washington\, Seattle. A widely recog
 nized scholar of Indigenous and Borderlands Studies\, Dr. Lucero collabor
 ated with Mike through numerous oral history interviews to help write thi
 s autobiography\, but he also adds insightful theoretical and methodologi
 cal analysis throughout the book.\n\nThe presentation will follow a conve
 rsational format in which Wilson and Lucero discuss the process of collab
 orating on a life history\, while also addressing contemporary issues fac
 ing Indigenous Peoples along the border\, such as militarization and bord
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